Brand owner: Pants to Poverty
Head office: London, UK
Sector: Lingerie & underwear
Categories : Male, Female
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| 1. Is there a policy for the brand to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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Pants to Poverty has taken several policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as working with a factory that is carbon neutral. | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual absolute carbon footprint of its 'own operations' (Scope 1 & 2) and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years? |
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Pants to Poverty has not published the policy or carbon footprint for their own operations. | Source |
| 3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its absolute ‘own operations’ carbon emissions by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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Not found on the website, although the company seems to strive for a 100% good policy on an environmental and social level. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations (Scope 3)? |
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Pants to Poverty works with a factory that is carbon neutral. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume? |
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Pants to Poverty uses only organic, FLO-CERT cotton for its products. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume? |
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See remark for environmental policy question 1. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics? |
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Pants to Poverty reports that the factory where Pants to Poverty´s clothing is produced aims to reduce the water consumption per pair of pants from approximately 100 litres per kilogram of fabric to less than half a pint. This goal shall be achieved through the implemention of a new dying unit. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labor, no child labor, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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Pants to Poverty follows the FLO Code of processing of Fair Trade Cotton. For Code of processing of Fair Trade Cotton, see link for questions 2&3 below. In this CoC all these standards are mentioned. | Source |
| 2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary and paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? |
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In FLO code for processing Fair Trade Cotton: 1. Yes, legally-binding employment relationships; 2. Yes, maximum workweek of 48 hours, overtime (max 12 hours) is voluntary; 3. Yes, Living wages are paid. | Source |
| 3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? |
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In FLO code for processing Fair Trade Cotton: This right is mentioned, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? |
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Pants to Poverty is working with two suppliers: Chetna Organic (Collective of Fair Trade Farmers) and Armstrong (Factory). | Source |
| 5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labor conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labor conditions? |
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All of Pants to Poverty's materials are FLO-CERT. FLO-CERT is acknowledged as a certification scheme that meets this criteria. | Source |
| 6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labor unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes? |
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FLO-CERT is acknowledged as a certification scheme that meets this criteria. | Source |
| 7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labor conditions policy? |
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Pants to Poverty purchases 100% of its supplies from a FLO-CERT producer. | Source |
| 8. Has the brand’s labor conditions policy resulted in a ‘compliance level’ of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a ‘monitored level' of at least 80%? |
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All of Pants to Poverty's materials are FLO-CERT, thus 'monitored'. | Source |